Fiducial governance : an Australian republic for the new millennium / John Power.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Power, John Marcus, author.

Series:

ANZSOG (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Republicanism--Australia.

Republicanism.

Democracy--Australia.

Democracy.

Australia--Politics and government.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (108 pages).

Place of Publication:

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : The Australian National University, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Fiducial Governance: An Australian republic for the new millennium represents an attempt to grapple with the challenges of designing governance regimes suited to the new millennium. Power’s monograph asserts the need for the reform of Australian governance and charts Australia’s fitful progress towards a republican future. Along the way he sketches a framework for constitutional reform, mindful of the strengths and weaknesses of the current system of government and the contest of ideas about the role and configuration of Australian Heads of State. Long a frustrated Australian republican, Power contends that the republican log jam is due in significant part to a lack of respect shown by the republican policy community to the contribution long made to good governance by monarchical heads of state. This monograph seeks to draw lessons from this experience, so as to make the republican venture one of substance for the Australian public. In so doing, Power draws on a range of republican, indigenous and feminist writings in order to develop a new framework of ‘fiducial governance’ aimed at enhancing the trustworthiness and integrity of our institutions of governance, thereby paving the way for the replacement of the monarch by a directly elected head of state. This is an erudite and thoughtful book that will be of interest to those with an interest in systems of governance and to constitutional scholars, whether they be republicans or monarchists.

Contents:

Preliminary; Foreword; About the author; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1. A framework for constitutional reform; 2. The current Australian regime; 3. Reconfiguring head-of-state offices in Australia; 4. Conclusion: republican measures for a republican future; Appendix; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

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Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781921666544

1921666544

9781921666551

1921666552

OCLC:

994575161

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459233